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Five-letter words matching __BB_

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Showing 58 matching words

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58 matching words3 not previously used3 past answers

Position 1G 12%B 10%D 10%N 9%

Position 2O 28%U 26%A 21%I 16%

Position 5Y 55%A 12%E 10%O 9%

6 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, BOBBY produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess BOBBY

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, H, L, R, T·2nd letter: A, O·5th letter: I, Y

Possible answers

BOBBY CABBY HOBBY LOBBY RABBI TABBY

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BOBBY possible CABBY possible HOBBY used LOBBY used RABBI possible TABBY used BUBBA guess GABBY guess HUBBY guess BABBY guess BIBBS guess BUBBE guess BUBBY guess COBBS guess COBBY guess CUBBY guess DABBA guess DEBBY guess DIBBS guess DOBBY guess DUBBO guess DUBBY guess FABBO guess FABBY guess FUBBY guess GABBA guess GOBBE guess GOBBI guess GOBBO guess GOBBY guess GUBBA guess HUBBA guess JIBBA guess JIBBS guess KIBBE guess KIBBI guess MEBBE guess MOBBY guess NABBY guess NEBBY guess NIBBY guess NOBBY guess NUBBY guess POBBY guess PUBBY guess REBBE guess RIBBY guess ROBBO guess RUBBY guess SIBBS guess SUBBY guess SYBBE guess TUBBY guess WEBBY guess YABBA guess YABBY guess YOBBO guess YOBBY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: RABBI of the 58 words here

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Useful letters still to test

Y 60% O 31% A 28% U 26% I 19% E 16%

Common letter pairs

BB 58/58 words (100%) BY 32/58 words (55%) OB 16/58 words (28%) UB 15/58 words (26%) AB 12/58 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 66% · two: 34% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __BB_?: 58 five-letter words match __BB_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, RABBI has the highest feedback entropy at 3.93 bits against the possible answers.

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